Game carrier



July 2, 1963 D. E. RAsMussEN 3,095,010

GAME: CARRIER Filed March 25, 1960 I E25 E linz/@wm United States Patent O 3,096,010 GAME CR Donald E. Rasmussen, Fargo, N. Dak., assignor to Lloyd C. Baldwin, Bandette, Minn., and Russ Crawford, Grand Forks, N. Dak., a partnership doing business as the Balford Mfg. Co., Baudette, Minn.

Filed Mar. 23, 1960, Ser. No. 17,070 2 Claims. (Cl. 2247) This invention relates generally to game carriers or holders, 'and pertains more particularly to a carrier that can be conveniently attached to a hunters belt.

One object of the present invention is to provide a game carrier that is compact, lightweight, simple, and which can he manufactured at a relatively low cost. In an article of this type, it is important that it have a large load carrying capacity for its size; a game holder constructed in accordance with the teachings of this invention also fullls this desideratum.

Another object is to provide a carrier or holder of the foregoing character that can be readily worn by the hunter on his belt at a preferred location and which will oder but little inconvenience to the hunters movement even when fully loaded with game.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game carrier that can be easily -and quickly loaded with game, it being within the purview of the invention that the game be attached with one hand when circumstances so dictate.

Still further, the invention has for another object the provision of a game holder that is self tightening, the weight of the bird or animal -automatically acting in a direction to tighten the loop around its neck or foot, as the case may be, rather than to loosen the loop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game carrier in which any preferred number of carrying cords may be employed at the time the article is fabricated, thereby contributing to the flexibility of design and the individual preferences of purchasers.

Yet another object is to provide flexible cords of staggered or differing length so that the cords will not become entangled with each other when empty.

For further objects and advantages of the invention and for a more detailed understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description taken in conjunction fwith the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE l is an elevational view of my game carrier, when empty, attached to a hunters belt, and

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary perspective view taken at a slight angle with game being held in two of the ilexible loops Iand the remaining two loops being conditioned for the acceptance of subsequent game. y

Referring now in detail to the drawing, a portion of a hunters belt has been depicted in FIGURE l. Attached to the belt 10 is a game carrier or holder constructed in accordance with lthe instant invention, the game carrier having been denoted gener-ally -by the reference numeral `1-2.

Although the mode of fastening the carrier or holder 12 may vary, for purposes of illustration a plastic or leather strap :14 has been illustrated, the strap encircling the belt 10. Secured to one end of the strap 14 is a conventional buckle 16 having the usual tongue 18 which is insertable in any one of a number of holds 20 located in the other end of the strap 14.

The game carrier 12 further includes a pendent body unit 22, the unit being composed of a pair of panels 24, 26 stitched together at indented marginal locations 28, 30. The body unit 22, as can be readily discerned from FIGURE l is of generally trapezoidal configuration and has a transverse slot 32 adjacent its smaller upper end for the accommodation of the strap 14.

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The body unit 22 serves as a support for a plurality of ilexible cord sections 34, 36, 38 and 40. To prevent entanglement these cords 34-40 are -of varying or staggered length. Actually, the cords 34, 36 are of a single piece and the cords 38, 4@ are likewise a single unit, thereby permitting better anchorage of their respective connecting portions labeled 42 and 44. As can be seen from the drawing, the stitches 28, 30 extend beneath the connecting portions 42 and 44 to securely retain some between the panels 24, 26 of the unit 22.

The free end of each cord section 34, 36, 3S, 40 is enlarged as by tying a knot 46 therein. It will be observed that the knot 46 in each instance prevents the cord from passing through a slidable cylindrical plug or disk 4S. These plugs or disks 48 are preferably of hard plastic that may be selected from a variety of plastic materials such as polystyrene, nylon and the like. Each plug 43 contains two parallel apertures 5G', y52 extending completely therethrough. These apertures 50, 52 have an internal diameter slightly less than the natural outer diameter of the cords 34, 36, 38, 40 so that the plugs or disks 48 will be frictionally held in whatever adjusted position into which they are moved. The various elevations of the plugs 48 illustrated in FIGURES l and 2 are intended to demonstrate this feature.

In use, the hunter will normally raise each plug or disk 48 to its fullest height before shooting any game. This condition -is pictured in FIGURE 2 lwith respect to the two plugs 43 associated with the cords 36 and 40. However, any intermediate height may be selected yas long as a loop exists beneath the plug which is sufficiently large to accommodate either the neck or a foot of the game. Because of the frictional t between the plugs 43 and the cords, owing to the aforementioned dierence in diameter between the cords and the apertures 50, 52 (particularly the aperture 50), any adjustment will be retained until any plug 48 is manually moved.

When it is desired to secure the game in place on the carrier 12, all that the hunter need do is insert either the head of the game or one of its yfeet into a loop, and then slide the particular plug 4S associated therewith downwardly until it engages the game. Two birds 54, 56 have been shown secured in the loops formed by the cords 34, 38. It should be noted at this point that the weight of each bird 54, "56 acts in a downward direction to tighten the encircling loop and thereby prevent loss of the game. However, when the game is to be released, this can be readily accomplished by merely grasping the cord directly under the aperture 50 and then manually urging the plug upwardly to enlarge the loop suiiiciently.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and `described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended -by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed:

1. A game carrier comprising:

(a) a body unit for vattachnzient at its upper end to a hunters belt,

(b) said body unit including confronting front and rear panel portions;

(c) a reversely bent exible cord having an intermediate portion thereof received between the lower marginal edges of said panel sections to provide two projecting end portions;

(d) stitching extending across the lower marginalmportions of said panel sections and through said received intermediate portion of said cord, and

(e) a pair of plug members each having two parallel apertures extending therethrough,

(b) said stitching passing through said leg sections and beneath said connecting section.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Nash May 2, 1893 Rayder Sept. 5, 1922 Reishus Feb. 12, 1946 Ahlburg May 27, 1952 Du Bois June 1, 1954 Clevett et al Apr. 29, 1958 Keller Apr. 5, 1960 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain 1908 

1. A GAME CARRIER COMPRISING: (A) A BODY UNIT FOR ATTACHMENT AT ITS UPPER END TO A HUNTER''S BELT, (B) SAID BODY UNIT INCLUDING CONFRONTING FRONT AND REAR PANEL PORTIONS; (C) A REVERSELY BENT FLEXIBLE CORD HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF RECEIVED BETWEEN THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID PANEL SECTIONS TO PROVIDE TWO PROJECTING END PORTIONS; (D) STITCHING EXTENDING ACROSS THE LOWER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF SAID PANEL SECTIONS AND THROUGH SAID RECEIVED INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CORD, AND (E) A PAIR OF PLUG MEMBERS EACH HAVING TWO PARALLEL APERTURES EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, (F) ONE APERTURE OF EACH PLUG MEMBER HAVING A PROJECTING END OF SAID CORD ANCHORED THEREIN AND THE OTHER APERTURE OF EACH PLUG MEMBER SLIDABLY ENCIRCLING A PORTION OF SAID CORD RESIDING BETWEEN THE PROJECTING END ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND SAID MARGINAL EDGES, (G) WHEREBY TWO CORD LOOPS ARE FORMED OF INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE SIZE DETERMINED BY WHERE EACH PLUG MEMBER IS INDIVIDUALLY POSITIONED. 